The whole week was a bit of a white-wash to be honest. The Christmas party frenzy caught up with me and the cold never really came out, but manifested itself with a congested chest that wouldn't loosen off. One thing I've learned, with the sniffles you can run, with a potential chesty cough not.
Sunday, 12 December 2010
The annual Christmas Dinner at Charlie's. So I was out most of the day, prepping starters for 25 people... it's always nice company and just makes you realise how far everyone's come during the year. Cold feels a bit better.
Monday, 13 December 2010
Haggis dinner tonight... no training again... but that's ok. The chest is slowly coming off, but nothing amazing there.
Tuesday, 14 December 2010
Another evening spent at the cafe with a chat. Slowly getting antsy again that I really want to do something, but the cough thing is still there. Frustrating.
Wednesday, 15 December 2010
Figured some core work won't hurt.
30 min core session 2 sets of 7 exercises, 15 reps each, minimal rest between
Thursday, 16 December 2010
I had packed my running stuff and had the intention of going out for a run even after the office Christmas lunch and a couple of pints at the pub. I was right on track... but then Lady Gaga happened. One of my friend's friends got ill and had a spare ticket... who am I to turn down Lady Gaga for £20?! Besides "Bad Romance" is my birthday theme song for this year, so double reason to go! Mind it was slightly surreal, but massively entertaining... Ra Ra Oh Lala
Friday, 17 December 2010
Back on the horse. Sick of this cold business... light exercise prescribed. RESULT! My chest is finally loosening off... Hallelujah!
60 min Turbo-Session in the bike shed. It was snowy and freezing out... didn't have cold hands, but in the end my toes were cold never the less. Might have to try out those toe covers I've finally found, yay!! (I get massively excited about the little things).
12 min easy warm-up, easy spin HR avg 129
3 min 2 gears up, HR avg 153
90 sec easy (2 gears down)
3.30 min 2 gears up, HR avg 150
2 min easy (2 gears down)
4 min 2 gears up, HR avg 149
2 min easy (2 gears down)
7 min 2 gears up, HR avg 150
90 sec easy (2 gears down)
10 min 2 gears up, HR avg 153
15 min warm down (slowly gear down in 5 min intervals)
HR avg 142, HR max 158
Even though from a HR perspective this seems light work, I noticed it in my legs. Got lots of work to do.
Saturday, 18 December 2010
It was all set to be just a long run round my favourite venue, Richmond Park... and then at 9 am the snow came. Thick and fast, massively fast. Within an hour we had a good 10 inches, it was looking like a deep snow effort.
What was planned as a 90 min run, ended up being 1 hr 53 min, and just over 10 miles. Not fast and not far, but battling through snow makes up for that. At least my knee thinks so. My right patella seems slightly disgruntled with me. Ice and arnica gel me thinks. Massively wiped out.
Overall: 1hr 53 min 43 sec, 10.1 miles
Avg HR 141, Max HR 158
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